Tagged Data breach

Digital Health Age takes a look at some of the biggest stories that have emerged over the course of the past week. Cyber-security on the NHS The government has published a report detailing its plans to help support the cyber security of the NHS and social care organisations. The Your Data: Better Security, Better…

Bupa has been hit by a data breach after one of its employees released customer insurance information from the company. Managing director for Bupa Global, Sheldon Kenton, detailed what the breach contained in an online video. He said around 108,000 health insurance policies have been affected and the data doesn’t include any financial or medical data….

British cybersecurity firm Secarma has been awarded three contracts worth over £750,000 to provide penetration testing and consultancy services to a global software firm. The deals follow the recent WannaCry ransomware attack which caused the NHS to halt services, putting patients at risk. Secarma has stated that the attack is acting as a wakeup call…

Thousands of staff details of those working in NHS Wales have been stolen from a private contractor’s computer server. The data breach exposed data of staff who worked with X-rays, including information such as names, dates of birth, National Insurance numbers and radiation doses. According to the BBC, those affected include 530 NHS workers at…